akapira

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi akãpyra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˌkaˈpi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: a‧ka‧pi‧ra

Noun

akapira (IIf class pluriform, plural akapira-itá, absolute akapira, R1 rakapira, R2 sakapira)

1. tip, end
2. top, crown, upper part (of a tree)

Derived terms

• akapírupi
• dedu-rakapira
• era-rakapira
• pí-rakapira
• pú-rakapira

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “akapira”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 232